Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Weekend Getaway with 100 Women, and 1 Man!

Last Thursday I left Craig and ALL the kids for a women's retreat in Williamsburg, Virginia with my mom, sisters and some great friends that I hadn't seen in ages! I was soooo excited for this retreat, after all, my dear friends Josh & Tasha Via were also coming to lead the worship for the weekend!

The weekend was FILLED with laughs, tears, restoration & healing and truly amazing times of worship. I am so blessed every week to meet in a place where the worship is heavenly and the truth of God's love and salvation is poured out in worship, so to be able to take a piece of that and share it with my roots in Virginia was so great! There were about 100+ women and 1 man all weekend. I am SURE that Josh was uncomfortable at first, but the women clearly were not, ha!! After all, Josh was the perfect voice of the Lord for the skit too! I could write an entire blog about how Josh & Tasha blessed the hearts of all the women. The music was completely anointed!

The theme of the weekend was "The Next Chapter" and the story of our lives, chapter by chapter. I am in the process of learning to rest in God's presence where I am and at the same time really be joyful in everything, everything! Surrender is one of those words that for about a year now is weekly, daily, momentarily creeping into my heart and mind. God is really showing me how to rest in Him for everything and live in a surrendered state.

One day I will write my story, but now I am learning to rest in it. God has a plan for the rest of my life, my job is to follow hard after Him and say yes to everything that comes from Him. So much peace comes from knowing I am walking with my creator...


Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! 
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine! 
Heir of salvation, purchase of God, 
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood. 
This is my story, this is my song, 
Praising my Savior all the day long; 
This is my story, this is my song, 
Praising my Savior all the day long. 

Perfect submission, perfect delight, 
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight; 
Angels descending bring from above, 
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love. 
This is my story, this is my song, 
Praising my Savior all the day long; 
This is my story, this is my song, 
Praising my Savior all the day long. 

Perfect submission, all is at rest, 
I in my Savior am happy and blest; 
Watching and waiting, looking above, 
Filled with His goodness lost in His love. 
This is my story, this is my song, 
Praising my Savior all the day long; 
This is my story, this is my song, 
Praising my Savior all the day long. 


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